U.S. President Donald Trump has announced the intention to impose sweeping new trade measures targeting the global film industry, declaring a 100 per cent tariff on all movies produced outside the United States.
In a post shared Monday on his Truth Social platform , Trump claimed America’s film industry had been “stolen” by foreign countries, likening it to “stealing candy from a baby.” He singled out California as being “particularly hard hit,” blaming what he called the state’s “weak and incompetent Governor” for the decline of domestic film production.
“Therefore, in order to solve this long-time, never-ending problem, I will be imposing a 100 per cent Tariff on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States,” Trump wrote.
Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, issue